The Nature of Appearances: Gelug Explanation

An exploration of the topic of appearances or “mental holograms” in conceptual and non-conceptual cognition. When we speak about mind, we’re speaking about mental activity engaged in making mental appearances, so called “mental holograms.” Grasping for these appearances to exist in impossible ways causes us problems. Therefore we need to understand the voidness or absence of certain impossible ways in which these mental appearances exist. We can overcome our problems and suffering by differentiating between our projections and objective reality.